[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 62 (Wednesday, March 31, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 17027]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-7118]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket No. FRA-2000-7257; Notice No. 33]


Railroad Safety Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting

AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Department of 
Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice of the Railroad Safety Advisory Committee (RSAC) 
meeting.

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SUMMARY: FRA announces the next meeting of the RSAC, a Federal Advisory 
Committee that develops railroad safety regulations through a consensus 
process. The RSAC meeting topics will include updates on the Highway-
Rail Crossing Action Plan, Railroad Security, the Switching Operations 
Fatality Analysis, and the Collision Analysis Working Group. Status 
reports will be given on the Passenger Safety Working Group, the 
Positive Train Control (PTC) Roadway Worker Task Group, and other 
active working groups. The Committee will be briefed on the Roadway 
Worker Protection Safety Advisory, PTC Peer Review, and the Report to 
Congress on Remote Control.

DATES: The meeting of the RSAC is scheduled to commence at 9:30 a.m. 
and conclude at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, April 27, 2004.

ADDRESSES: The meeting of the RSAC will be held at the Washington 
Plaza, 10 Thomas Circle, NW., Washington, DC 20005, (202) 842-1300. The 
meeting is open to the public on a first-come, first-serve basis and is 
accessible to individuals with disabilities. Sign and oral 
interpretation can be made available if requested 10 calendar days 
before the meeting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Trish Butera or Lydia Leeds, RSAC 
Coordinators, FRA, 1120 Vermont Avenue, NW., stop 25, Washington, DC 
20590, (202) 493-6212/6213 or Grady Cothen, Deputy Associate 
Administrator for Safety Standards and Program Development, FRA, 1120 
Vermont Avenue, NW., Mailstop 25, Washington, DC 20590, (202) 493-6302.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), FRA is giving notice of a 
meeting of the RSAC. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. and 
conclude at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, April 27, 2004. The meeting of the RSAC 
will be held at the Washington Plaza, 10 Thomas Circle, NW., 
Washington, DC 20005, (202) 842-1300. All times noted are Daylight 
Savings Time.
    RSAC was established to provide advice and recommendations to the 
FRA on railroad safety matters. The Committee consists of 48 individual 
voting representatives and five associates representatives drawn from 
among 30 organizations representing various rail industry perspectives, 
two associate representatives from the agencies with railroad safety 
regulatory responsibility in Canada and Mexico and other diverse 
groups. Staffs of the National Transportation Safety Board and Federal 
Transit Administration also participate in an advisory capacity.
    See the RSAC website for details on pending tasks at: http://rsac.fra.dot.gov/ gov/. Please refer to the notice published in the Federal 
Register on March 11, 1996, (61 FR 9740) for more information about the 
RSAC.

    Issued in Washington, DC on March 25, 2004.
George A. Gavalla,
Associate Administrator for Safety.
[FR Doc. 04-7118 Filed 3-30-04; 8:45 am]
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